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Ben Taylor

Manager

Benjamin Harrison Taylor

470 Games

197-261 Record

0.430 Win%

8 Seasons

👤 Personal Information

Bats L

Throws L

Born 7/1/1888
Anderson, SC, USA

Died 1/24/1953
Baltimore, MD, USA

MLB Debut 1912-08-24

Final Game 1936-08-23

📊 Career Record

470 Games Managed

197 Wins

261 Losses

                        0.430
                        Win Percentage
                    

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📅 Season-by-Season Record

8 seasons

Managing Career Arc

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Ben Taylor — 📅 Season-by-Season Record
Year	Team	Lg	G	W	L	Win%	Rank	P-M
1922	ABC	NNL	107	63	42	0.600	2	Y
1924	WP	ECL	62	21	40	0.344	7	Y
1926	BBS	ECL	62	22	38	0.367	6	Y
1927	BBS	ECL	72	34	36	0.486	4	Y
1928	BBS	ECL	61	29	29	0.500	2	Y
1929	ACB	ANL	73	20	51	0.282	5	Y
1935	BE	NN2	11	6	5	0.545	5	N
1938	SEN	NN2	22	2	20	0.091	7	N

Ben Taylor as a manager

In 470 games as a manager between 1922 and 1938, Taylor went 197-261, a .430 mark. The season table runs through the Indianapolis ABCs (1922), the Washington Potomacs (1924), the Baltimore Black Sox (1926-1928), the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1929), the Brooklyn Eagles (1935), and the Washington Black Senators (1938). Taylor's strongest year in the dugout came in 1922, when the Indianapolis ABCs went 63-42. At the other end, 1929 finished 20-51. With the Baltimore Black Sox (1926-1928), the finishes read 6th, 4th, and 2nd. The first season in the table, 1922, ended 63-42; the last, 1938, ended 2-20.

The highest finish was 2nd, in 1922 and 1928. Taylor's clubs came from the Negro National League, Eastern Colored League, and American Negro League. The P-M column marks 1922, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1929 as player-manager seasons. Taylor's birth date on file is July 1, 1888, in Anderson, SC, USA. The death date on file is January 24, 1953. The player profile covers Taylor's playing days, 1912 to 1936.

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